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So obviously we were all drawn to DAKKA for some reason regarding miniature gaming of some type.

SO What I want to know is, what is the OTHER obsessions DAKKITES have.

Me personally, I collect PEZ dispensers. I have just over 200 at the moment, and some range in value from $50 to $100 for just one. I friggin love those things.
I also used to mod Power Wheels big time. 18v to 24v conversions would just be hilarious.
What about you DAKKA?

Personally I enjoy collecting historical items. I don't care about specific items like the Mona Lisa or the such, I'm talking about the clay pipe used by some union soldier during the Civil War or the helmet worn by some unlucky fellow in the Vietnam War, personal items that meant a lot to the people who used them, but not to history itself.

So far I have a broken clay pipe from the Civil war, a Vietnam era helmet with a bullet hole in it, a mosin nagant issued during WW2, the combat boots my grandfather wore during the korean war, and I still look around for various items.


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Hell, I even have an old coke bottle that was buried in my front yard from about the same time my house was built. The bottle was completely intact even though we had shoveled it out of the ground when we were expanding our driveway.

Paintball. I have had 20 or so guns over the last 7 years, though I have reduced my collection to 8 at the moment.

I collect metal/punk CD's and vinyls.

Ive been a pretty big vinyl kick lately to tell the truth. My dad found a crate full of his old records, and man its been a joy listening to GOOD music for a change

Motorcycles, shooting, a little paintball, horse back riding, reading.

Books.

I look out for old sci fi particularly pulp and old paper backs, not for value,

I am also trying to get my hands on Terry Pratchett hardbacks to fill out my collection.

Also increasing my collection of History books, especially dealing with the 30's and 40's.

I also build robots out of bits and bits of junk.

Hobbies:
Writing
Art
Reading
Rugby
Kayaking
Mountain Biking
Cutting math class

Collections:
Empty water bottles. Mostly in the back of my truck and under my bed.

Hobbies:
Running
Weight lifting
Competitive shooting
Mixed Martial Arts
Reading
Stand Up Comedy

Collections:
Knives (own five or six atm.)
Comics
Posters

...Horror.

I have thousands of DvDs/video tapes of just about any horror film I come across,along with a veritable library of horror literature.
Not to mention a whole ton of "horror toys".

I also play bass and guitar.

@ Shadowbrand.

Is that GG Allin in your avatar??

Random crap I find in rich people's trash. I found a $150 pair of antique water skiis.

@FITZZ

No it's Madonna.

chowderhead13 wrote:Random crap I find in rich people's trash. I found a $150 pair of antique water skiis.

I went dumpster diving once with a few friends just for kicks and found some pretty kickass stuff. A satellite dish, fire extinguisher, working cell phone, gameboy color, 8 dollars in coins, and a trashbag full of paper airplanes of all things, and loads of other stuff.

Shadowbrand wrote:@FITZZ

No it's Madonna.

Lord she looks terrible.

I missed the R.I.P in your sig,I would say I was surprised someone your age is familiar with GG...but considering it's you..I'm not surprised.

Let's just say I was born in the wrong generation.

And now that i'm not cripplingly depressed I've listened to a lot more music then just Black Metal.

rubiksnoob wrote:

chowderhead13 wrote:Random crap I find in rich people's trash. I found a $150 pair of antique water skiis.

I went dumpster diving once with a few friends just for kicks and found some pretty kickass stuff. A satellite dish, fire extinguisher, working cell phone, gameboy color, 8 dollars in coins, and a trashbag full of paper airplanes of all things, and loads of other stuff.

Computers, Kites, whole uneaten pizzas, and even a bicycle. Strange what you can find where the dumpster is gilded with gold...

As I found out when local law enforcement stopped by after a tenant threatened to get an AK-47 from my collection and kill someone (which is strange since that would involve breaking into a safe and I don't own an AK-47), I have 18 firearms. Mostly old military collectable stuff ranging from 1889-1969 and a few modern food getting and/or fun rifles.
I occasionally participate in competition shoots.
I work out like a crazy person since my ship date for the US Army is February and I'm in no where near the shape I want to be in.
P&P roleplaying is still a big deal for me also.
And who doesn't like video games?

I hunt, play video games, ski, and dance. I have no time for anything else.

Videogames, microforging [thinking of combining this with wargaming by making real, but tiny weapons for them], books, comics, knives, computers, junk collecting, amateur photography, carpentry, metalcraft, coffee, unusual teas, learning to play the keyboard, amateur sound engineering, guns, and oriental dinnerware. Mostly teacups in that area. My favorite are a green marble pattern. Historical? No, but damned good looking.


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Oh, and general engineering [only going for electrical as a major because I had to pick one.]

Gundams, legoes, ray-ban sunglasses (Own a bunch. Never bought them myself, I just get them from other people and yard sales )

Leather.

Lots of other stuff too. I'm 16, I have a right to collect kids stuff.

POKEMON!

I enjoy reading, TV (favorite shows include America's Next Top Model, Project Runway, Nikita, Sons of Anarchy, Castle, Criminal Minds, and Merlin), shopping, sudoku, and playing lame facebook games. I was drawn to Warhammer mostly for the painting aspect.

Model Rocketry FTW!!!!!

(ALthough you have to accept the fact that you are going to lose at least one in ten of your rockets, due to engines blowing up, parachute failing, or just plain losing the rocket in some trees or something.)

It's actually fairly inexpensive (cheaper than 40k by all means), and it's so awesome to have a crowd of people clustered around you in the local park. But also embarrassing when a rocket fails. I've even had one do a weird thing where it did a bunch of mid-air donuts at about head level. Scary Sh*t!

Also into airsoft.

Guns (less so now), paintball guns (less so now), computers.

Childrens card games?

Mr. Burning wrote:I am also trying to get my hands on Terry Pratchett hardbacks to fill out my collection.

I have everything from Pyramids to Montrous Regiment in 1st Edition Hardack, except for that kid book about the Educated Rodents, but including The Last Hero illustrated by Paul Kidby.

Dont really know about Collections...

but

Hobbies:
-Electric Guitar
-Judo
-Paintball
-Comp. gaming

No collections any more, but a keen Photographer... which in it's way is a collection Since I started my first course I've bought 2 more glasses, a light meter, an expensive tripod, a home studio lighting kit, filters, a backdrop stand set, a large roll of backdrop paper and a couple of additional flash heads. And I still keep seeing more stuff that I want!

Comics... although it has been a few years.

Todd McFarlane and I with my Near Mint silver cover Spiderman 1 and Spawn 1 signed by the great man (The signed standard cover Spiderman 1 is in my bag).

HUZZAH!

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:Comics... although it has been a few years.

Todd McFarlane and I with my Near Mint silver cover Spiderman 1 and Spawn 1 signed by the great man (The signed standard cover Spiderman 1 is in my bag).

HUZZAH!

I have a 1 of 2,000 alternate coverprint of Civil War Number 4 (the one with Thor) signed by the artists and writer that my brother got me for my birthday a few years ago.
Stan Lee signed one of my favorite comics as well, Iron Man Execute Program, despite that he wasn't involved in it's writing.

- Making noise with my guitar (I don't dare to call that "playing"). I own a black Jackson DK2M :3
- I have some CDs and a couple of Vynils (I mostly listen to metal music, but I also like some classic rock, punk, classical and movie OSTs)
- I also have a couple of movie DVDs and BR.

- PC games! mostly FPS (and mostly online).

- Comics and manga. I'm not an expert, but I love some comics and manga and I've filled a couple of shelves with them.

- Sci/Fi, Fantasy (related or not with GW) and horror books.

- Star Wars. The oldest movies, all the comics, action figures... I love them. I own 2 different VHS editions of the Original Trilogy, and the DVD edition. The OT novelizations. A soundtrack anthology from 1993 (I was eleven when I bought it ), and a couple of modern action figures and comics. Last week I had a nice surprised when I realized that one of the items I own has actually gotten more expensive in a couple of years. I bought a Gentle Giant figure of Princess Leia and Artoo in the Clone Wars animated style, it was like 100€. I think it's less than 10" tall. I saw it last week in the shop window of a comic book store for 300€.